Sunday, October 25, 2009

Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

I always love participating in Papertrey Ink's blog hop, unfortunately I'm usually too forgetful to remember! This morning I was thinking about everything blog related I needed to get done this week (Halloween Cards all posted, Everything but the Kitchen Sink Challenge (coming on Friday so be watching), two sketch cards, OH! and today's the 25th! It's pretty miraculous!

Yesterday I was churning out cards, so I decide this would be the perfect challenge to start on my December Daily album. If you've been reading my blog for awhile, you'll remember last years album here. Here's the challenge:

It's time for our annual Holiday Hop! Show us your best upcoming holiday plans for cards, gifts, wraps or whatever else you have up your sleeve! With everyone's cumulative efforts the participant list will be an amazing resource!

I knew that my polka dot basics, bitty box paper, and PTI cardstock would be staples to making this album. I didn't really try to use PTI products, it's so fun that they work themselves into every project. The first thing I did was gather up my supplies.

For the base of my album I am using 7 think bingo cards from 7 Gypsies. I knew I wanted something kind of special for the front. So I started off with the second size label in pure poppy and decided to stitch my 25. I just drew it out and stitched it with this awesome twine from Farmers Marker called shabby green.

And here's the finished look. I just used a simple shipping tag and added dimension with polka dot basics with versa mark, vintage cream ink, and some brown. And don't you love that natural looking ribbon? Ahh... I found it in the trim section at JoAnn's.

I also got done the first page. If you aren't familiar with the December Daily Album check out Ali Edwards site for more information. Basically the idea is to set up your album before December, so you can add pictures and establishments as you go through the month! Here's my first day:

Because I was working with the back of my ribbon, I just tied some more twine to give it interest and used a number index card for the date. If you look closely at the background of the card you will see that I stamped the tree from Home For the Holidays from PTI. It looks so nice and vintage in real life! Plus who doesn't love Bitty Boxes! AHHH!

38 comments:

Well, lookie you, Courtney! You are mighty busy, aren't you? Maybe I need to take a heads up from you to get it all done. :> I did not remember the hop tonight, until about an hour ago....right after I had already done another post (finally!). So, I'm not In the hop tonight, but will definitely be checking out all the Christmas crafty goodness pile o' inspiration. And while I didn't come from the hop, I'm so glad I popped in on you!! I love the idea of Ali's December Daily and its great to see another person's take on it. Yours looks like it is going to be fun and fabulous and I cannot wait to see more!!! :>

Oh My! I forgot today was the 25th and it was the PTI Blog Hop! I had my projects almost finished too! Darn! Oh well, I'll share them later! :)I can't wait to see the finished project! I LOVE that ribbon! :)

I love that ribbon too!! Looks great so far Courtney!! I can't wait to see the rest of it. Maybe after Nov. 6th... I can get started on mine and actually have it finished before the 1st of Dec.!! Maybe!!

My goal with this blog is to push myself to be creative, to practice creativity, and to share my love of paper crafts (and a few other things) with you! I am continually inspired by so many bloggers, and I hope you find the same here!